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FCC another power grab?

Push to regulate broadband
The companies most affected -- AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and other ISPs -- won't be happy with the move, which will strap them with more rules despite Genachowski's assurances for a light regulatory touch, analysts say. That will ignite what is expected to be an intense lobbying effort -- and possible legal challenges -- against the move.

Considering that exponentially more property is not stored & accessed via the internet, regulations would affect more than just the providers - for a majority of businesses and private Americans, this would regulate their movement through the information world, their communication with business and social partners, and their access to their own property (documents, photos, music, art, etc.) stored on servers via the internet.

Fewer and fewer people keep all their records stored on the computer in their house anymore.

I think regulating the internet might be compared to regulating access to physical roads. Freedom of movement is a most basic right - whether it's from town to town, or from home computer to the server where one's information is stored ...